'Miracle' as man falls 200ft from hotel and lives
Richard Luscombe in Miami
"This guy must have had a guardian angel on his shoulder," said Dale Barsness of the Minneapolis police department.
Lt Barsness said that Mr Hanson, 29, had been drinking and was fooling around with friends in a corridor when he lost his balance and fell through the double glazed, floor-to-ceiling window.
Dr Steve Smith, who works in the emergency room, said it was rare for anybody to survive a fall from such a distance.
Witnesses to Mr Hanson's late night tumble were equally surprised. "I couldn't believe that he could live through such a traumatic and long fall," said Neva Lindsey, who was staying in a hotel opposite and watched a fire department medical team treat Mr Hanson.
According to Lt Barsness, Mr Hanson, of Blair, Wisconsin, was in Minneapolis with his friends to attend a darts convention and returned to the hotel at about 1.30am. "He apparently had gotten off an elevator and started running. Whether he was being chased, or chasing someone else ... he lost his balance, went into the window, and consequently through it."
Tom Mason, the Hyatt Regency's general manager, said the hotel would look at why the reinforced window, which was also protected by a metal bar, was not strong enough to hold Mr Hanson in.